Recent content by chrlbaldwin

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    banias performance

    Hi I use 3ds max for architectural renderings and I'm planning on buying a light, yet powerful laptop for the go. I've followed with much interest the launch of banias/centrino based laptops over the past week and was wondering how well would these machines manage a rendering task against a...
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    banias

    Hi I use 3ds max for architectural renderings and I'm planning on buying a light, yet powerful laptop for the go. I've followed with much interest the launch of banias/centrino based laptops over the past week and was wondering how well would these machines manage a rendering task against a...
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    banias

    Hi I use 3ds max for architectural renderings and I'm planning on buying a light, yet powerful laptop for the go. I've followed with much interest the launch of banias/centrino based laptops over the past week and was wondering how well would these machines manage a rendering task against a...
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    s-video out on a laptop

    thanks a lot
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    s-video out on a laptop

    Hi I'm planning on buying a laptop in the USA and take it back to Europe. Does anyone know if I will be able to use the s-video out feature of the laptop with an European TV set (remember PAL system, 50hz instead of 60)?? Thanks in advance
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    very specific q about noise & heat dissipation

    Thanks for the replies. As far as I understood, it seems like the boxed 1ghz PIII comes with 2 x 60 mm noisy fans. But what about the 800 and 850 mhz versions? I've also done some research at intel site and it seems like this information is not available there. So I guess I could only get it...
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    very specific q about noise & heat dissipation

    hi again My motherboard is an Asus P2B and it will take up to 100 mhz bus 1ghz PIII with a bios update. So can someone give me an indication about the noise? Thanks
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    specific q about noise & heat dissipation

    Hi I'm trying to upgrade my old and noisy PII-450 to a S.E.C.C.2 800/850 or 1000 mhz PIII. But the question is how loud are the original fans that come with those processors, and more specificalilly, I wish to know if there is any NOTICEABLE difference in noise between the 20.8 watt-800mhz...
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    very specific q about noise & heat dissipation

    Hi I'm trying to upgrade my old and noisy PII-450 to a S.E.C.C.2 800/850 or 1000 mhz PIII. But the question is how loud are the original fans that come with those processors, and more specificalilly, I wish to know if there is any NOTICEABLE difference in noise between the 20.8 watt-800mhz...